Fisching hook, particularly for the catching of big fish



Aug. 19, 1941. H. HEINEKE ETAL 2,253,125

\FISI-IING HOOK, PARTICULARLY, FOR THE CATCHING 0F BIG FISH Filed April 4, 1940 Patented 1 9, 194i F ISHING HOOK, PARTICULARLY FOR THE CATCHING Oil BIG FISH Heinrich Heineke, Hamburg-Altona, and Walter Hauschild. Hamburg-Bissau, Ge a:

Application April 4, 1940, Serial No. 327,924

, In Germany July 26, 1939 2 Claims.

The subject oi! this invention is a fishing hook I with firing mechanism.

In the case of hooks of this description already known,-the firing-mechanism is a fairly large unit lying alongside the hook and parallel to its shaft. It can therefore not be covered over by a bait; and consequently when fishing it is visible" to the fish, 'so that many of the fish are frightened away without biting. When a'fish takes s eh a fishing hook, owing to the situation of the firing mechanism alongside the hook. there is no guarantee that the released projectile will kill or at least stun the fish.

The fishing hook' constituting thesubject oi the present invention, which is intendedparticularly tor the catching or big fish, eliminates thes shortcomings.

The invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of par.ts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly claimedrq In the accompanying drawing, like characters of reference indicate like parts'in the several i s. a

Fig. I is a side elevation partly in section of a" fishing hook witha firing mechanism built into it and in the released position, a Fig.2 shows a fishing hook in accordance with Fig. 1. with the firing mechanism ready for firing.

forms (C1, is-i) opening 22 of the eye l3 and adjacent one end this latch member isprovided with a lug 21 which extends into the pocket i8.v A pivotpin 8 passes through the lug 21 and has itsends engaged in the walls of the pocket so that the member 4 may swing thereon. At its other end the member 4 is provided with a beveled finger l4 adapted to engage in a notch i5 formed beneath the head I! .of the firing pin. A spring 9 has one end seated against the member 4 and its other end seated in a recess 28formed in the eye iii. The spring 9 biases the member 4 in such manner that the finger i4 is urged into position of engagement with the notch IS. The fish line .ill is looped around the member 4 as at Illa.

-.The upper end of the bore it of the portion 2 chamber for the reception of a cartridge 3 and this bore i6 extends the full length or the portion 2 to open through the lower end thereof.

A barb or point l8 extends from the lower end of the portion 2.

To prepare the device for use, the portions l and 2 are separated by unscrewing. The head. I!

. The hook iorming the body of this invention comprises an upper tubular shank portion l and '9. lower tubular, shank portion 2. The upper portion has an enlarged and. internally threaded bore :0 at'its lower end and the upper end of the portion 2 is reduced and externally threaded as 'at It to screw into the, bore 20 so that the two parts of the shank are separably connected. The

threaded bore am is sufilciently deep to admit of a collar l I being screwed in the upper part thereoi. The bore, I! of the portion I is reduced at I its upper end by an internal flange l8 and above the flange 18 the portion I terminates in an eye l3. Slidable through the opening 23 formed by the flange i8 is a firing pin 'l'having a pointedlower end 24 of such diameter and length that it may pass through the opening of the collar ii. A stop collar 25 is provided on this firing pin to f limit the downward movement of the pin by engagement with the collar H. The-collar 25 also firing spring 5- which hasits upper end seated against the flange". a

l In one side of the eye is is formed a recess or pocket 28. A curvedlatch member 4 lies in the e serves as the lower-seat of a coiled compression is' grasped and the firing pin retracted until the finger [4, which has been pushed-aside by upward movement of the head. has been passed by.

the head l2 and engages in the notch I 5. A car-- tridge is inserted in the bore I 6 which thus torms a barrel and the parts screwed together. A bait is now placed on the hook, the bait being preterably .or sumcient length to conceal the hook. I:

now a fish gives a sudden Jerk on the hook. the member 4 will be biased by action of the loop Ila, the firing pinwill be released to strike the cartridge and thelatter will be discharged, thus killing or stunning the fish.

What we claim is:

v ,1. In combination, a fish hook having a tubular shank forming a. barrel adapted to contain a' cartridge'in its lower portion and open for discharge at its lower end, a spring actuated firing pin-in the upper part of said shank and projecting above the shank, said firing pin having latch engaging means at its upper end, an eye on the upper end of the shank, a latch member in said eye and pivoted at one side of the eye, said latch member being curved for engagement by the loop of a fish line and engageable with said latch engaging means upon retraction of the firing pin,

and a springbetween the side of said eye and I latch member and resisting rel-easing movement oi. the latch member.

2. In combination. a fish hook having'a tubular shank forming a barrel adapted to'contain a cartridge in its lower portion and open for discharge at its lower end, a spring actuated firing pin in the upper part or said shank and projecting above the shanlgsaid firing pin having latch engaging means at its upper end, an eye on the upper end of the shank, a latch member in said eye and pivoted at one side of the eye, said latch member being curved for engagement by the loop of a fish line and engageable with said latch engaging means upon retraction of the firing 

